Leadership

Board of Directors
Senior Leadership Team
Medical Advisory Committee

International Board of Directors

Victor Nichols

Board Chair
Director of Bank of Hawaii

Jonathan Polin

Jonathan Polin

Treasurer
Chief Executive Officer of atomos wealth

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Joseph W.Y. Chong

Director
Regional Executive Vice President, Asia and Managing Director, The Peninsula Hong Kong

 

Mike Densmore

Director
Founder & CEO, Unbridled Consulting

Tasia Filippatos

Director
President, Consumer Products, Games and Publishing. The Walt Disney Company

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Niv Garih

Director
Executive Board Member, Alarko Group Of Companies and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Alarko Carrier Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.Ş.

 

Dr. Kevin CH Lau

Director
Founding Executive Chairman,  Trinity Medical Group Limited

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Nina Maldonado

Director
CEO, Impact Communications

Matthias Chika Mordi

Director
CEO, National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria and Chairman, United Capital PLC

 

Kairus Tarapore

Kairus Tarapore

Director
Retired Chief Human Resource Officer, Xylem Inc. and current Board Member with Succeed Smart Inc. and The Child Center of New York

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Damian Thornton

Director
Managing Director, Piper Sandler

Matt Lewis

Legal Counsel
Partner, White & Case

Senior Leadership Team

Luciano Manzo

President & CEO

Sylvia Hopkins Hanneman

Vice President
Events Strategy & Communications

Carly Galli

Vice President
Technology & Innovation

Léna Quéromès

Vice President
Finance & Administration

Fiona Kearney

Vice President
Fundraising

Jenny Cook

Vice President
Affiliate Development & Support

Medical Advisory Committee

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Dr. Kevin Lau

MPA, MPH, MBBS (HK)
FHKCR, FRCR (UK) and FHKAM (Radiology). Founding Executive Chairman, Trinity Medical Group, Hong Kong.
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Dr Douglas Scothorn

MD, PhD Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Mission Health, Asheville, NC.
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Dr Jeremy Lin

MBBS, MMED- Paeds, MCI (S’pore). MRCPH (UK). Paediatric Neurology (Epilepsy, Brain ＆ Spine Conditions), National University Hospital, Singapore.
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Dr Kai Ning Cheong

MBBS (HK), MRCPCH(UK), DTM&H (LSTM), FHKAM (Paed), FHKCPaed (Fellow in Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases), Paediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Hong Kong Children’s Hospital/Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.

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Dr. Bethaney Kaye

DNP, Director of Medical Affairs, Make-A-Wish America.

Gilli Sinclair

Gilli Sinclair

CEO, StarJam

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Joseph W.Y. Chong

Regional Executive Vice President, Asia and Managing Director, The Peninsula Hong Kong

 

Dr Vassilios Papadakis

Dr Vassilios Papadakis

Director at Agia Sophia Children’s Hospital

 

Dr Rasha Gamal

Dr Rasha Gamal

Director of Cairo University Specialized Pediatric Hospital – Abu Reesh Hospital

Dr Shahrukh K. Hashmi

Dr Shahrukh K. Hashmi

Medical Director (Dean) of Research, SSMC / Mayo Clinic Abu Dhabi

Dr Marguerite A.W. Gorter-Stam

Dr Marguerite A.W. Gorter-Stam

Surgeon, subsp. Oncology and pediatrics, (pediatric) palliative care specialist (HMS)